I am so glad you could join us. I'm your host Mo Gaudet. This podcast is nothing more than a conversation between two good friends sharing inspiring life stories and perhaps

some nuggets of wisdom along the way.

This is your invitation to slow down with us.

Welcome to slow more. Well I often get the request to convert my work to work that is suitable for children.

And even though I very frequently teach in universities and schools,

and I'm actually working on five fun little children's books. I have always worried. I never know if I am good enough if you want to take the responsibility of teaching children about well-being,

even though I believe at heart that children know more about well-being than we do.

My guest today took that challenge of teaching children head on.

Terry Rubinstein is the founder of I-Heart, which is a global nonprofit organization established to help children uncover their innate well-being

and resilience if you want.

It's been formed a few years ago and so far it's reached more than 25,000 children in over 22 countries around the world and has also impacted on parents and teachers and

organizational leaders and the whole concept of education at large. Terry is

the co-author of the curriculum of I-Heart which has been translated to many languages

and taught in schools from Montreal to Melbourne and from Jerusalem to Johannesburg and from

Greenland to Poland and almost everywhere.

The curriculum actually looks at the core principles of innate wellness.

So the idea that wellness comes from within you, and the psychological and

spiritual sides of well-being being the birthright of all people.

She's creating a paradigm shift really in the way schools understand

and address mental health issues and in doing so she's really driving a

program that is a complete way for children to logically, scientifically,

and insightfully learn about the source of well-being and how their minds work. Terry, as with all of my

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